Permissions Post
Jul. 13th, 2022 02:57 am
Malone
Highlander: The Animated Series (AU)
He/Him (any fine)
Late 20s/Early 30s
Bisexual
He/Him (any fine)
Late 20s/Early 30s
Bisexual
OOC Preferences
⯌ Name:
Kit
⯌ Age: 35
⯌ Time Zone: EDT/EST (GMT-4 at the moment)
⯌ Preferred Gender Pronoun: They/Them
⯌ Contact Method: Journals are![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jingly or superflight; Discord is MxKit#0566
⯌ Thread-Jacking: Sure! I'd prefer a little interaction myself too if possible, but don't worry too much about it!
⯌ Fourth Walling / Canon Puncture: Absolutely, whether it's Highlander in general or the animated series in particular. Malone might not get exactly what you mean, though.
⯌ Backtagging: Always! I'm happy to backtag forever or pick up old threads.
⯌ Avoided Topics: Pedophilia, unless it's mentioned without much detail as part of a character's backstory. Particularly grooming, which I'd prefer to be skimmed over entirely.
⯌ Age: 35
⯌ Time Zone: EDT/EST (GMT-4 at the moment)
⯌ Preferred Gender Pronoun: They/Them
⯌ Contact Method: Journals are
jingly or superflight; Discord is MxKit#0566
⯌ Thread-Jacking: Sure! I'd prefer a little interaction myself too if possible, but don't worry too much about it!
⯌ Fourth Walling / Canon Puncture: Absolutely, whether it's Highlander in general or the animated series in particular. Malone might not get exactly what you mean, though.
⯌ Backtagging: Always! I'm happy to backtag forever or pick up old threads.
⯌ Avoided Topics: Pedophilia, unless it's mentioned without much detail as part of a character's backstory. Particularly grooming, which I'd prefer to be skimmed over entirely.
Abilities
⯌ Gymnastic Ability:
Malone is great at climbing and, like, stunt landings, but more than that he's incredible at doing flips and other gymnastic tricks. This could probably help him dodge in a battle situation or similar, objectively speaking, but subjectively he has zero practice in that and isn't actually good at it.
⯌ Incredible Intelligence: Malone hides behind being a wisecracking jester and often talks like his mind is completely out there in the clouds, but he's sharp, clever, quick-witted, quite politically savvy, catches onto things fast, has a great memory, and sometimes whips out knowledge he has absolutely no business knowing. (Such as being one of the only people on the planet who knows what a transfusion is, for some reason!)
⯌ Good At Escaping: As in, he makes pretty sure that he's good at escaping if he really needs to. This isn't some advanced ability to pick locks or escape bonds, exactly, but at some point in Mogonda Malone made a point to figure out a secret escape from the prison cells and way out of the palace walls, and knows how to perfectly maneuver through the vents and hidden paths.
⯌ Immortal Constitution: As a result of being an Immortal, Malone is unable to be permanently killed by any means short of beheading or complete vaporization. Immortals do die for a while but then come right back. Most injuries not to the neck also heal incredibly quickly; neck injuries scar, and things such as limbs and eyes do not grow back. Immortals are also universal blood donors. Finally, after the Quickening, any Highlander-type Immortals will be able to sense Malone's presence nearby and vice-versa. Malone is not yet aware of any of this.
⯌ Incredible Intelligence: Malone hides behind being a wisecracking jester and often talks like his mind is completely out there in the clouds, but he's sharp, clever, quick-witted, quite politically savvy, catches onto things fast, has a great memory, and sometimes whips out knowledge he has absolutely no business knowing. (Such as being one of the only people on the planet who knows what a transfusion is, for some reason!)
⯌ Good At Escaping: As in, he makes pretty sure that he's good at escaping if he really needs to. This isn't some advanced ability to pick locks or escape bonds, exactly, but at some point in Mogonda Malone made a point to figure out a secret escape from the prison cells and way out of the palace walls, and knows how to perfectly maneuver through the vents and hidden paths.
⯌ Immortal Constitution: As a result of being an Immortal, Malone is unable to be permanently killed by any means short of beheading or complete vaporization. Immortals do die for a while but then come right back. Most injuries not to the neck also heal incredibly quickly; neck injuries scar, and things such as limbs and eyes do not grow back. Immortals are also universal blood donors. Finally, after the Quickening, any Highlander-type Immortals will be able to sense Malone's presence nearby and vice-versa. Malone is not yet aware of any of this.
IC Permissions
⯌ Mental:
Go ahead and read his mind, but it might not be the most pleasant experience for the reader. There's also going to be a mental block there if they go back in his memories further than about eight years. Let me know before your character does mental coercion stuff, but I'll probably be fine with it!
⯌ Mimicry: Sure, impersonate him! It'd probably be pretty easy if you can get the look, voice, and mannerisms down.
⯌ Violence: Malone will 100% try to get away from violence. He is not good at fighting and doesn't like (participating in) it. Please ask before outright trying to kill this character; I'm not completely opposed, but I'd like him to be at least somewhat established before he undergoes the Quickening. If killed in any method other than decapitation or being vaporized, Malone will come back to life anywhere from a few minutes to an hour later.
⯌ Magic: Go ahead and use magic on him! Anything that's mind or body control please talk to me first, but otherwise he might not be happy but he'll probably roll with it. Books are black magic after all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
⯌ Debate: Debate him! He might debate back. It may or may not be entirely clear what he means, but there will be meaning in his words for anyone who wants to listen to him. He's a jester, after all. :>)
⯌ Flirting / Affectionate Physical Contact: Go right ahead; he'll probably return it! For kissing or anything more forward, let's chat about it OOC first (unless I'm tagging into a meme where that's the entire purpose).
⯌ Mimicry: Sure, impersonate him! It'd probably be pretty easy if you can get the look, voice, and mannerisms down.
⯌ Violence: Malone will 100% try to get away from violence. He is not good at fighting and doesn't like (participating in) it. Please ask before outright trying to kill this character; I'm not completely opposed, but I'd like him to be at least somewhat established before he undergoes the Quickening. If killed in any method other than decapitation or being vaporized, Malone will come back to life anywhere from a few minutes to an hour later.
⯌ Magic: Go ahead and use magic on him! Anything that's mind or body control please talk to me first, but otherwise he might not be happy but he'll probably roll with it. Books are black magic after all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
⯌ Debate: Debate him! He might debate back. It may or may not be entirely clear what he means, but there will be meaning in his words for anyone who wants to listen to him. He's a jester, after all. :>)
⯌ Flirting / Affectionate Physical Contact: Go right ahead; he'll probably return it! For kissing or anything more forward, let's chat about it OOC first (unless I'm tagging into a meme where that's the entire purpose).
IC Characteristics
⯌ Current Canon Point:
Directly after the series finale (S02E27 "Countdown")
⯌ Preferred Gender Pronoun: People use he/him pronouns for Malone, but he wouldn't be even slightly bothered by any. (It/its pronouns would not be good for him but at the moment he wouldn't be bothered.)
⯌ Immortal AU: This version of Malone is from an AU where he is, unknown even to himself, also an Immortal -- he's just never died and gone through the Quickening. He may in fact actually be the Highlander, rather than Quentin MacLeod, but that part is very unclear.
⯌ Physical Description: Malone is skinny, enough to see ribs, but has some lean muscle to him due to being so physically active; he's skin, muscle, and bone basically. He's not particularly tall or short. He's pale but not albino-pale, though he has naturally white hair; he has green eyes but they're often hard to see with his mask. He always wears his mask (with its long, pointed nose) and long fingerless gloves (with bells on). He goes around shirtless, has black pants with a matching belt and tall boots that have a lot of clasps. Literally all of his outfit is made of shiny black leather (other than the nose of his mask, which is white and made of stiff linen) and fits, well, like a glove. He has several tattoos: two green lightning bolts on his torso and two purple lightning bolts on his arms (one on each arm).
⯌ Demeanor: The most immediately noticeable thing about Malone might be that he's whimsical, almost childishly so. Not that he seems like a child, but that he doesn't act particularly mature. Most of what he does, he does for the fun of it. This is true even to the point that sometimes he seems a bit disconnected from reality; it's not that Malone is mad, it's that he prefers not to think about or pay attention to unpleasant things. Since he comes from a dystopia and most aspects of his own life are unpleasant things, this results in a purposeful sort of refusal to fully engage with reality. If it's more pleasant to look at things in another way, he will. It's much better to laugh and have fun than to cry and despair, after all! This results in behavior such as playing games, doing unnecessary flips, making wisecracks, sticking out his tongue, and breaking into song on a whim. (Or seemingly on a whim...)
That said, another noticeable thing about Malone if one interacts with him long enough is that he has been pretty thoroughly dehumanized, in a way that he's simply come to accept. He will refer to himself as a key/the human key blithely, and speak of unpleasant aspects of this (sleeping by the throne, not owning any property, not being allowed weapons) with unblinking openness. He will also occasionally (though rarely) flinch at yelling or dramatic gestures, or even (much less rarely) get onto his hands and knees and crawl somewhere as if this is a normal method of getting around.
Look even deeper than that, however, and you'll notice the third major aspect of Malone's demeanor: He is wickedly sharp. While not sadistic or really out to hurt anyone, he kind of delights in alighting on people's fuck-ups, whether it's with a sly comment or getting them into trouble with someone else. The latter was, in Mogonda, one of the few forms of power he actually had. At the same time, Malone also often used his sharp wits to manipulate others in more beneficial ways, or even advise them in a more straightforward, outright fashion, advising someone he seems to like on how to gain political favor and even giving surprising information on how to save the life of a man he holds no fondness towards. Much of the time, however, this intelligence and his advice is veiled, often behind whimsy and apparent ridiculousness. A fool should be foolish, after all, but a jester is not just any fool...
⯌ Medical Information: Malone is, upon any examination, a completely normal human being. Definitely underfed, though not severely malnourished, but otherwise totally normal. His bloodwork, DNA, etc. might come back all wonky after his first Quickening, though, if and when that happens, and he will become a universal blood donor.
⯌ Offensive Subjects: Malone really isn't going to be offended by any subjects; he might be bothered initially by reiterations of his personhood or being given too many choices. As for unsettling subjects he might bring up... Malone was forcibly given amnesia and then thoroughly dehumanized by Lord Kortan, basically the God-King of Modonda, and his life expectancy until he's replaced is pretty much nil. He will also initially want to go back. As this might bother some people, just let me know if you'd rather not play off him or have him elide these subjects as much as possible.
⯌ Preferred Gender Pronoun: People use he/him pronouns for Malone, but he wouldn't be even slightly bothered by any. (It/its pronouns would not be good for him but at the moment he wouldn't be bothered.)
⯌ Immortal AU: This version of Malone is from an AU where he is, unknown even to himself, also an Immortal -- he's just never died and gone through the Quickening. He may in fact actually be the Highlander, rather than Quentin MacLeod, but that part is very unclear.
⯌ Physical Description: Malone is skinny, enough to see ribs, but has some lean muscle to him due to being so physically active; he's skin, muscle, and bone basically. He's not particularly tall or short. He's pale but not albino-pale, though he has naturally white hair; he has green eyes but they're often hard to see with his mask. He always wears his mask (with its long, pointed nose) and long fingerless gloves (with bells on). He goes around shirtless, has black pants with a matching belt and tall boots that have a lot of clasps. Literally all of his outfit is made of shiny black leather (other than the nose of his mask, which is white and made of stiff linen) and fits, well, like a glove. He has several tattoos: two green lightning bolts on his torso and two purple lightning bolts on his arms (one on each arm).
⯌ Demeanor: The most immediately noticeable thing about Malone might be that he's whimsical, almost childishly so. Not that he seems like a child, but that he doesn't act particularly mature. Most of what he does, he does for the fun of it. This is true even to the point that sometimes he seems a bit disconnected from reality; it's not that Malone is mad, it's that he prefers not to think about or pay attention to unpleasant things. Since he comes from a dystopia and most aspects of his own life are unpleasant things, this results in a purposeful sort of refusal to fully engage with reality. If it's more pleasant to look at things in another way, he will. It's much better to laugh and have fun than to cry and despair, after all! This results in behavior such as playing games, doing unnecessary flips, making wisecracks, sticking out his tongue, and breaking into song on a whim. (Or seemingly on a whim...)
That said, another noticeable thing about Malone if one interacts with him long enough is that he has been pretty thoroughly dehumanized, in a way that he's simply come to accept. He will refer to himself as a key/the human key blithely, and speak of unpleasant aspects of this (sleeping by the throne, not owning any property, not being allowed weapons) with unblinking openness. He will also occasionally (though rarely) flinch at yelling or dramatic gestures, or even (much less rarely) get onto his hands and knees and crawl somewhere as if this is a normal method of getting around.
Look even deeper than that, however, and you'll notice the third major aspect of Malone's demeanor: He is wickedly sharp. While not sadistic or really out to hurt anyone, he kind of delights in alighting on people's fuck-ups, whether it's with a sly comment or getting them into trouble with someone else. The latter was, in Mogonda, one of the few forms of power he actually had. At the same time, Malone also often used his sharp wits to manipulate others in more beneficial ways, or even advise them in a more straightforward, outright fashion, advising someone he seems to like on how to gain political favor and even giving surprising information on how to save the life of a man he holds no fondness towards. Much of the time, however, this intelligence and his advice is veiled, often behind whimsy and apparent ridiculousness. A fool should be foolish, after all, but a jester is not just any fool...
⯌ Medical Information: Malone is, upon any examination, a completely normal human being. Definitely underfed, though not severely malnourished, but otherwise totally normal. His bloodwork, DNA, etc. might come back all wonky after his first Quickening, though, if and when that happens, and he will become a universal blood donor.
⯌ Offensive Subjects: Malone really isn't going to be offended by any subjects; he might be bothered initially by reiterations of his personhood or being given too many choices. As for unsettling subjects he might bring up... Malone was forcibly given amnesia and then thoroughly dehumanized by Lord Kortan, basically the God-King of Modonda, and his life expectancy until he's replaced is pretty much nil. He will also initially want to go back. As this might bother some people, just let me know if you'd rather not play off him or have him elide these subjects as much as possible.
